ML13255A478

Email from D. Doyle, NRR to R. Domingue, NOAA NRC Ba/Efh Assessment for Columbia Generating Station License Renewal Review

ML13255A478
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Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	06/20/2011
From:	Krieg R Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
To:	Dan Doyle Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Craver, Patti From: Krieg, Rebekah <rebekah.krieg@pnnl.gov>

Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 10:51 AM To: Doyle, Daniel Cc: Logan, Dennis; Grange, Briana; Mcdowell, Bruce K

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RE: NRC -Columbia Generating Station license renewal Dan, We do refer to the appropriate critical habitat. But I'd like to change the reference to use the n ewer FR notice date, if that is ok.I am (b)(6) i but will be office tomorrow.

Can I send it to you then?Becky From: Doyle, Daniel [1]

Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 4:19 PMVl To: Krieg, Rebekah Cc: Logan, Dennis; Balsam, Briana; Mcdowell, Bruce K

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RE: NRC -Columbia Generating Station license renewal Becky, Can you confirm that we have the proposed revised critical habitat in our biological assessment that Mr. Kurz is talking about?Thanks, Dan Doyle Project Manager Division of License Renewal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission daniel.doyle@nrc.gov (301) 415-3748 From: GreggKurz@fws.gov

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Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 6:36 PM To: Doyle, Daniel

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RE: NRC -Columbia Generating Station license renewal Dan, There has been an update to the species list since your list was obtained.

Your list contains revised critical habitat for the bull trout as being proposed.

The proposed revised critical habitat is now designated critical habitat for the bull trout. As I stated on our call, this should not result in any changes to your analysis since you have addressed the potential effects to revised critical habitat.Gregg 1 Gregg L. Kurz, Fish anid Wildlife Biologist Central Washington Field Office Wenatchee, WA 98801 Phone: (509) 665-3508 extension 22 E-mail: GreggKurz@fws.gov"Doyle, Daniel" <Daniel.Doyle@nrc.gov>"Doyle, Daniel"<DanieI.Doyle@n rc.gov> To"Gregg Kurz@fws.gov" <Gregg Kurz@fws.gov>

06/15/2011 04:39 PM cc SubjectRE:

NRC -Columbia Generating Station license renewal Mr. Kurz, Thanks for your time on the phone today. As we discussed, I am contacting you regarding the NRC's review of the Columbia Generating Station license renewal environmental review. I would like to confirm the accuracy of the list of species and habitats in the e-mail below.We expect to publish our draft environmental impact statement in August 2011. The combined BA/EFH assessment will be included as an appendix to that document.

The assessment will contain the NRC staff's analysis of the potential impact to those species and habitats by the license renewal of Columbia Generating Station (detailed analysis for bull trout critical habitat).This website contains more information about the NRC's review of the Columbia Generating Station license renewal application:

http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications/columbia.html If you have any questions about this review, please feel free to contact me or the lead aquatic reviewer, Rebekah Krieg (509-371-7155 or Rebekah.krieg(pnl.gov).

Sincerely, Dan Doyle Project Manager Division of License Renewal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission daniel.doyle@nrc.gov (301) 415-3748 From: GreggKurz@fws.gov

Kurzafws.gov

Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:12 PM To: Doyle, Daniel

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Re: NRC -Columbia Generating Station license renewal Mr. Doyle, 2 Thank you for forwarding the information regarding this project. The species list you obtained from our Website is accurate.

Please note that the revised bull trout critical habitat designation currently on the list as Proposed will become Designated on November 17, 2010.Preparation of a biological assessment for this project should include an analysis of potential effects to all species listed as Endangered or Threatened and to any designated or proposed critical habitat.Information regarding the presence of these species and habitats can be obtained from the Washington Natural Heritage Program at http://wwwl.dnr.wa.gov/nhp/refdesk/index.html We look forward to working with you.Gregg L. Kurz Fish and Wildlife Biologist Central Washington Field Office Wenatchee, WA 98801 Phone: (509) 665-3508 extension 22 E-mail: GreggKurz@fws.gov"Doyle, Daniel" <Daniel.Doyle@nrc.gov>"Doyle, Daniel" To<Daniel.Doyleanrc.gov> "Gregg Kurz (greggkurz@fws.gov) 11/05/2010 12:10 PM <greggkurz@fws.gov:

cc Subject NRC -Columbia Generating Station license renewal

Dear Mr. Kurz,

This e-mail is a follow-up to my telephone call on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. As I explained in the call, I am the project manager for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's environmental review of the Columbia Generating Station license renewal application.

I am following up on the attached letter dated March 22, 2010, that was sent to Ms. Robyn Thorson, Regional Director, U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Region, requesting a list of Federally protected species for this review. This letter was submitted under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.To support preparation of a draft supplemental EIS and to ensure compliance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, the NRC requests concurrence on the below list of Federally threatened, endangered, proposed, and candidate species that may be in the vicinity of the Columbia Generating Station site and its associated transmission line rights-of-way (as described in the 3 attached letter to Ms. Thorson).

If there are any species that your office would like us to address in addition to the Federally listed, proposed, and candidate species shown below, please let me know.The NRC also requests any additional information on protected species and critical habitat that may be in the vicinity of the Columbia Generating Station site if such information is available.

In addition, please provide any information you consider appropriate under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act.The NRC reviewed the attached list of species and habitat in Benton County (revised September 29, 2010) from: http://www.fws.gov/wafwo/pdf/BentonCountv092910.pdf.

LISTED Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)

Pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis)

Ute ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes diluvialis)

DESIGNATED Critical habitat for bull trout PROPOSED Revised bull trout critical habitat CANDIDATE Greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)

Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)

Umtanum desert buckwheat (Eriogonum codium)*White Bluffs bladderpod (Lesquerella tuplashensis)

• Louie's western pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama louiei)*Tacoma western pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama tacomensis)

• obtained from http://www.fws.gov/endangered The NRC is also in consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service regarding this project.We are currently planning on doing a single document that contains the biological assessment on the bull trout (for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service review), the biological assessment on the Chinook salmon and steelhead (for National Marine Fisheries Service review) and the Essential Fish Habitat (for National Marine Fisheries Service review).A copy of the draft supplemental EIS containing the NRC staff's analysis and preliminary conclusions will be sent to your office when it is published for your review.If you have any questions concerning the NRC staff review of this license renewal application, please feel free to contact me.Sincerely, Daniel Doyle 4 Project Manager Division of License Renewal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission daniel.doyle@nrc.gov (301) 415-3748[attachment "CGS scoping letter to FWS ML100710046.pdf' deleted by Gregg Kurz/WNES/R1/FWS/DOI]

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